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“I was absolutely delighted with our performance,” said Frecklington. “We have seen three different performances but the performance against Nuneaton pleased me more than anything.

“I was a bit concerned coming to play against Tommy Wright’s side because they play great football. But we made a few changes and every one of the lads that came in were outstanding.

“It’s there for everyone to see how good these defenders are. I had been critical of every one of them because until Saturday our defending had not been good enough. But this was a proper performance, we really had to dig in.”

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Trinity now have two home games, the first of which is a Tuesday clash with newly promoted Blyth Spartans (7.45pm) followed by the visit of promotion-chasing Harrogate Town on Saturday.

“Hopefully that win will take a bit of the negativity away from what is a new group of players,” said the Blues boss.

“We went to Nuneaton on the back of two defeats and put in a performance like that. We knew if we could cut out individual errors we have decent players going forward this season. I can’t fault anyone.”

The three-point haul, which saw Trinity climb to 11 in the league table, was overshadowed by an injury to midfielder Jonathan Williams.

Michael Jacklin celebrates his goal against Nuneaton Town (Image: John Rudkin)

Frecklington admitted to being angered, not by the challenge that caused the injury, but by the match officials.

“It put a dampener on our win because we don’t want to see any of our players coming off injured,” added Frecklington.

“It’s not the player that I am aggrieved with it’s the officials. They let so many things go and I just want to see more consistency.

“Our player was laid down for two minutes screaming in agony. Let’s get something done about it.”